Dobbs Ferry. June 5, 2008 Rumor has it that David Paterson, the Governor of New York State, will descend on Dobbs Ferry tomorrow to hold a press conference on his proposed 4% cap on real estate tax increases. It is not clear why Dobbs Ferry was picked as the venue for this media event given […]
Search for Diamonds Unearth Oldest Shipwreck
What might turn out to be the oldest shipwreck in the sub-Saharan African region has been discovered in diamond-rich Namibia. The country’s diamond mining company, Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a 50-50 joint venture between the government and South African gem miner De Beers, said on Wednesday that its geologists discovered the shipwreck during a routine search […]
Fixing the Assessment Roll – Revised – May 1, 2008
Fixing the Assessment Roll: Revised The recent Ground Report article on fixing the assessment roll in Dobbs Ferry got a lot of attention and comment. Paul Feiner took up the offer to form a task force to look into the issue and report its finding and recommendations to the Town of Greenburgh. Some of […]
Politicians Stymie Belgrade War Crimes Trials
By Caroline Tosh in London and Aleksandar Roknic in Belgrade The failure of Serbian politicians to back war crimes prosecutions is severely hampering work at the Belgrade war crimes court, say observers. Prosecutors, who are subject to frequent intimidation, complain they lack adequate funding, while rights groups say investigators are prevented from pursuing high-level suspects. […]
Crandall Canyon Families File Suit on Behalf of Miners Killed in August
– by Mike Hall The owners of the Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah where six miners were killed last August used dangerous mining techniques and “were motivated by avarice and greed, at the expense of safety and human life,” the families of the six charged in a lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City last week. The lawsuit, filed April […]
Chertoff Leaps Legal Barriers in Race to Finish Border Fence Before Year’s End
The Bush administration will use two waivers to skirt barriers that have thwarted its plans to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest US border by the end of this year. The project is nearly half finished, with 309 miles completed mid-March, but laws, regulations and environmental challenges have prevented 267 of the […]